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Indian Fine Arts Academy (IFAA)

is a non-profit community based organization founded in 1990 with the purpose of promoting Indian Classical Music and Dance among the residents of Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and neighborhood.

The main emphasis of the academy is to arrange performances of prominent visiting music and dance artists from India and encourage local talents in classical music and dance. IFAA has arranged earlier and continues to encourage Vocal artists, Instrumentalists and dancers, from India every year by having their concerts.
IFAA also encourages and fosters local talents, by bringing the best in them in the field of music and dance.

Towards this end, our Trustee Smt. Lalitha Seshadri has directed many musical features like "Navka Charithram", "Pibare Rama Rasam", "Prahalatha Charitham" using local artists (singers, instrumentalists & dancers).
Over the years with the support from the members, hard work and dedication of the past and present Committee members, IFAA has achieved its objective and has made rapid progress. With a humble initial membership of 30 in 1990, the membership has grown to 180 in 2007.

The City of Dallas has recognized IFAA as a minority organization encouraging ethnic culture in Dallas metroplex area. IFAA is a non-profit organization under section (501)(C)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donors may be permitted to deduct contributions to IFAA under section 170(C), to the extent to which the rule permits.
Please join IFAA by becoming a member and volunteering your services.

Given below are the names of the Board of Trustees and Executive & Operations Committee members of the Indian Fine Arts Academy. If you would like to contact IFAA, please send an email to info@ifaadfw.org

IFAA Members

Lalitha Seshadri - Trustee, Indian Fine Arts Academy
Lalitha Seshadri, one of the Founders of IFAA, has been a patron of Carnatic Music in the DFW Metroplex.
She is a Grade A artist in India. Her contribution in spreading Carnatic Music in the metroplex and encouraging young and upcoming artists is phenomenal. Being a vocalist, she has performed for Indian Fine Arts Academy on many occasions. The annual Thyagaraja Aradhana is conducted under her leadership. She is a disciple a Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Dr. Balamurali Krishna. She has been singing since 1951 and still performing in India and abroad.

Murali Bala - Trustee, Indian Fine Arts Academy
Murali Bala, ex-president of IFAA has been in the committee since 2007. He has been deeply involved with a number of musical activities in the Dallas area as well as in other parts of the country. He is a percussionist who plays Mridangam and Thavil and has played in several temple functions all over the US..

Shanthi Murali - Trustee, Indian Fine Arts Academy
Shanthi Murali is a passionate follower of Carnatic Music and Dance. She is an excellent event co-ordinator, who has organized a number of events in the DFW area. She is a great asset to the IFAA team.

Sri Sridharan - President, Indian Fine Arts Academy
Sridharan, a talented vocalist and veena player is a well respected member of our community. His professional approach to conducting organizational activities and knowledge of music & musicians is a valuable asset to our organization. He is activly engaged in other non-profit organizations that servers the community at large.

Santhi Mahadevan - Vice-President , Indian Fine Arts Academy
Santhi is an avid rasika of carnatic music and has unending passion for it.
She is a high graded artist of All India Radio, is a regular performer at the Chennai Music Festival since 2000.
She is also a much sought after teacher of music in the DFW metroplex and the founder director of the Pranavam School of Music.

Bhavani Sundar - Secretary, Indian Fine Arts Academy
An avid fan of Carnatic music and Indian classical dance. Interested in promoting the arts.

Vishi Venkat - Treasurer , Indian Fine Arts Academy
A resident of Arlington, Tx since 2007. An avid listener and a rasika of classical music. Software Engineer by profession,

Hema Sridharan - Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy
Hema Sridharan is a long time resident of DFW Metroplex, a Semiconductor Professional retired from Texas Instruments and Triquint Semiconductors. She has been an ardent supporter of Classical Music and Dance and is keen to promote Indian Culture among children.

Valli Kadamati -
Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy
Valli is a music lover of both traditional and non-traditional music. She is a dedicated worker and has contributed a lot while participating in other programs and fund-raisers.

Aarthi Venkat -
Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy
​Aarthi is a passionate young music lover and a trained classical singer. Telecom Engineer by profession & actively participates in various music events taking place around the Dallas metro area.

Bala Krishnamurthi - Committee Member, Indian Fine Arts Academy
Bala Krishnamurti is an avid listener of carnatic music, he is also an adept web designer assisting in maintaining the web-site for IFAA.